The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 20, 2187
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:23 PM
6:15 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3272
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jul 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.1° / 300.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 10m / -22.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.85° / -1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.53° / 2.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.17° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 133.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.